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title: Overview of maintenance procedures for SABTEX DTF printers
description: It's important that you follow the maintenance procedures as recommended to keep your printer running at optimum performance
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# Overview of maintenance procedures for SABTEX DTF printers

## It's important that you follow the maintenance procedures as recommended to keep your printer running at optimum performance

### DAILY START-UP MAINTENANCE

- Confirm environment conditions are good to print 
    - Temperature 16°C - 25°C
    - Humidity 40-70%
- Inspect the remaining ink, powder and film levels, top up and replace if required
- Check the waste ink levels and empty if necessary
- Perform a weak head clean
- Print a nozzle check pattern
- Perform a head clean if any nozzles are missing

### DAILY SHUTDOWN MAINTENANCE

- Cleaning the capping station
- Cleaning the wiper blade
- cleaning around the print head
- Cleaning the media guides
- Fill caps with cleaning solution if printer is to be left for more than 2 days without use
- Cleaning the excess powder build up from the entry ramp of the dryer

### WEEKLY MAINTENANCE

- Cleaning the vacuum bed of the printer
- Cleaning of the dryer, including entry ramp, exit ramp, powder tray and surrounds
- Filling the capping station with just enough cleaning solution to cover the bottom pads of the caps
- Drain the filtration system using the rear tap (if using the large smoke filter)
- Remove and replace the powder in the dryer (H650+ recirculating dryer only)
- Agitate current ink stocks

### BI-WEEKLY MAINTENANCE

- Cleaning the encoder strip
- Cleaning and greasing the guide rails
- Cleaning the internal areas of the filtration unit

### SIX-MONTHLY MAINTENANCE

- Replacing the wiper blades
- Replacing the cap tops
- Replacing the dampers
- Cleaning out the white ink tanks

***Note:** the first 6 month preventative maintenance service with be provided free of charge by Amaya. We will contact you closer to the time to arrange this.*

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